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Stalingrad

The million-copy bestselling military history and award-winning account of the pivotal World War 2 battle

by Antony Beevor ...

The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure'.The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination and its citizens endured unimaginable hardship as a result. But ... Read more

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The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure'.The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination and its citizens endured unimaginable hardship as a result. But
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The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad

A True Story of Science and Sacrifice in a City under Siege

by Simon Parkin ...

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2025 & THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025'An astonishing story brilliantly told . . . It is as moving as it is gripping to read'Jonathan Dimbleby, author of Endgame 1944'A richly researched and meticulously observed account of a little-explored corner of 20th-century history'Guardian'A fantastically well-researched history of scien... ... Read more

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A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2025 & THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025'An astonishing story brilliantly told . . . It is as moving as it is gripping to read'Jonathan Dimbleby, author of Endgame 1944'A richly researched and meticulously observed account of a little-explored corner of 20th-century history'Guardian'A fantastically well-researched history of scien...
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Sashenka

Discover the classic historical epic of love and revolution from internationally bestselling author Simon Sebag Montefiore

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Series Book 1 - The Moscow Trilogy
Discover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Moscow Trilogy!*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*'Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' - The TimesWinter, 1916.In St Petersburg, sn... ... Read more

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Discover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Moscow Trilogy!*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*'Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' - The TimesWinter, 1916.In St Petersburg, sn...
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Team Yankee

A Novel of World War III

by Harold Coyle ...

Series series Casemate Fiction
This revised and updated edition of the classic Cold War novel Team Yankee reminds us once again might have occurred had the United States and its Allies taken on the Russians in Europe, had cooler geopolitical heads not prevailed.For 45 years after World War II, East and West stood on the brink of war. When Nazi Germany was destroyed, it was evident that Russian tank armies had become supreme in ... Read more

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This revised and updated edition of the classic Cold War novel Team Yankee reminds us once again might have occurred had the United States and its Allies taken on the Russians in Europe, had cooler geopolitical heads not prevailed.For 45 years after World War II, East and West stood on the brink of war. When Nazi Germany was destroyed, it was evident that Russian tank armies had become supreme in
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Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Geoffrey Hosking ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable land frontiers. It has therefore had to devote much of its wealth to the armed forces, and the ... Read more

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Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable land frontiers. It has therefore had to devote much of its wealth to the armed forces, and the
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Killer in the Kremlin

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny from the instant Sunday times bestseller

by John Sweeney ...

NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career... a life littered with corpses' THE TIMES'An extraordinarily prescient and fascinating book' NIHAL ARTHANAYAKEA gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the ... Read more

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NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career... a life littered with corpses' THE TIMES'An extraordinarily prescient and fascinating book' NIHAL ARTHANAYAKEA gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the
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The World and All That It Holds

by Aleksandar Hemon ...

'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at ... Read more

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'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at
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Red Notice

The shocking Sunday Times bestseller and true-life thriller about corruption, politics, and murder in Russia

by Bill Browder ...

**'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.'**The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know.A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A true-life thriller by one of ... Read more

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**'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.'**The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know.A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A true-life thriller by one of
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Iron Curtain

The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56

by Anne Applebaum ...

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: communism. In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern ... Read more

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At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: communism. In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern
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Recalcitrant Crusaders?

The Relationship Between Southern Italy and Sicily, Crusading and the Crusader States, c. 1060–1198

by Paula Z. Hailstone ...

Series series Advances in Crusades Research
This book explores the contribution of southern Italy and Sicily to the crusades and crusader states. By adopting the theme of identity as a tool of analysis, it argues that a far more nuanced picture emerges about the relationship than the dismissive portrayal by William of Tyre in his Chronicon, which has largely been accepted by later historians. Building upon previous scholarship in relation ... Read more

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This book explores the contribution of southern Italy and Sicily to the crusades and crusader states. By adopting the theme of identity as a tool of analysis, it argues that a far more nuanced picture emerges about the relationship than the dismissive portrayal by William of Tyre in his Chronicon, which has largely been accepted by later historians. Building upon previous scholarship in relation
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A Woman In Berlin

An extraordinary wartime memoir

by Anonymous Author ...

Series Book 34 - Virago Modern Classics
'This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to read it' ARUNDHATI ROY'One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat' ANTONY ... Read more

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'This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to read it' ARUNDHATI ROY'One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat' ANTONY
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Stalin's Englishman

The gripping true story of 'Cambridge Five' spy Guy Burgess from the bestselling author of ENTITLED

by Andrew Lownie ...

The unputdownable biography of the enigmatic spy and traitor Guy Burgess: 'More riveting than a spy novel' - Sunday TelegraphGuy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ... Read more

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The unputdownable biography of the enigmatic spy and traitor Guy Burgess: 'More riveting than a spy novel' - Sunday TelegraphGuy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly
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Former People

The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy

by Douglas Smith ...

Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin’s Russia.Historian Douglas Smith's Former People is a book filled with chilling tales of looted palaces, burning estates, of desperate flights from marauding thugs and Red Army soldiers, of ... Read more

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Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin’s Russia.Historian Douglas Smith's Former People is a book filled with chilling tales of looted palaces, burning estates, of desperate flights from marauding thugs and Red Army soldiers, of
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Shadow State

Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West

by Luke Harding ...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSIONA gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.NEW AND UPDATED EDITION'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world . . . [they are] an oustanding writer, stuck in the ... ... Read more

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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSIONA gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.NEW AND UPDATED EDITION'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world . . . [they are] an oustanding writer, stuck in the ...
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No Less Than Mystic

A History of Lenin and the Russian Revolution for a 21st-Century Left

by John Medhurst ...

Published in the centenary year of the 1917 Russian Revolution, No Less Than Mystic is a fresh and iconoclastic history of Lenin and the Bolsheviks for a generation uninterested in Cold War ideologies and stereotypes.Although it offers a full and complete history of Leninism, 1917, the Russian Civil War and its aftermath, the book devotes more time than usual to the policies and actions of the ... Read more

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Published in the centenary year of the 1917 Russian Revolution, No Less Than Mystic is a fresh and iconoclastic history of Lenin and the Bolsheviks for a generation uninterested in Cold War ideologies and stereotypes.Although it offers a full and complete history of Leninism, 1917, the Russian Civil War and its aftermath, the book devotes more time than usual to the policies and actions of the
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A Woman Loved

by Andreï Makine ...

Translated by Geoffrey Strachan ...

Catherine the Great's life seems to have been made for the cinema. Countless love affairs and wild sexual escapades, betrayal, revenge, murder - there is no shortage of historical drama. But Oleg Erdmann, a young Russian filmmaker, seeks to discover and portray the real Catherine, her essential, emotional truth.When he is dropped from the film he initially scripted - his name summarily excised ... Read more

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Catherine the Great's life seems to have been made for the cinema. Countless love affairs and wild sexual escapades, betrayal, revenge, murder - there is no shortage of historical drama. But Oleg Erdmann, a young Russian filmmaker, seeks to discover and portray the real Catherine, her essential, emotional truth.When he is dropped from the film he initially scripted - his name summarily excised
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Brief Loves That Live Forever

by Andreï Makine, Andrei Makine ...

Translated by Geoffrey Strachan ...

In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance.Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him - a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman who loves another; a furtive, desperate affair in ... Read more

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In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance.Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him - a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman who loves another; a furtive, desperate affair in
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Russia Against Napoleon

The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814

by Dominic Lieven ...

'A compulsive page-turner ... a triumph of brilliant storytelling ... an instant classic that is an awesome, remarkable and exuberant achievement' Simon Sebag MontefioreWinner of the Wolfson History Prize and shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeIn the summer of 1812 Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything ... Read more

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'A compulsive page-turner ... a triumph of brilliant storytelling ... an instant classic that is an awesome, remarkable and exuberant achievement' Simon Sebag MontefioreWinner of the Wolfson History Prize and shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeIn the summer of 1812 Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything
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The Real Situation in Russia (Routledge Revivals)

by Leon Trotsky ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotsky’s harshest rebuttals of Stalin’s takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the ‘Opposition Platform’ against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotsky’s view of the precise nature of the Stalinist program, as well as its disastrous consequences ... Read more

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The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotsky’s harshest rebuttals of Stalin’s takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the ‘Opposition Platform’ against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotsky’s view of the precise nature of the Stalinist program, as well as its disastrous consequences
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My Life

by Leon Trotsky ...

"My Life" is an amazing story of an amazing life, regardless of your thoughts on Leon Trotsky's political views and stances. It is one of the most historically important autobiographies of the past century. Well worth reading and re-reading.“This book is not an objective photograph of my life,” Trotsky writes in his foreword to "My Life", “but a component of it. In these pages I am continuing the ... Read more

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"My Life" is an amazing story of an amazing life, regardless of your thoughts on Leon Trotsky's political views and stances. It is one of the most historically important autobiographies of the past century. Well worth reading and re-reading.“This book is not an objective photograph of my life,” Trotsky writes in his foreword to "My Life", “but a component of it. In these pages I am continuing the
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Hitler and Stalin

The Tyrants and the Second World War

by Laurence Rees ...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI MIND'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw'In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original' Antony Beevor<... ... Read more

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI MIND'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw'In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original' Antony Beevor<...
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Iron Curtain

From Stage to Cold War

by Patrick Wright ...

'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. . .' With these words Winston Churchill famously warned the world in a now legendary speech given in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Launched as an evocative metaphor, the 'Iron Curtain' quickly became a brutal reality in the Cold War between Capitalist West and Communist East. Not ... Read more

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'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. . .' With these words Winston Churchill famously warned the world in a now legendary speech given in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Launched as an evocative metaphor, the 'Iron Curtain' quickly became a brutal reality in the Cold War between Capitalist West and Communist East. Not
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Survivors of Stalingrad

Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942-43

by Reinhold Busch ...

"The essays offer an unvarnished look at not only the severe fighting that characterized these months, but also the simple attempt to survive the rampant disease, malnourishment, and harsh winter on the steppe and in the ruins of Stalingrad."— Globe at WarIn November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outside the city – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, ... Read more

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"The essays offer an unvarnished look at not only the severe fighting that characterized these months, but also the simple attempt to survive the rampant disease, malnourishment, and harsh winter on the steppe and in the ruins of Stalingrad."— Globe at WarIn November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outside the city – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad,
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It's Only a Joke, Comrade!

Humour, Trust and Everyday Life under Stalin

by Jonathan Waterlow ...

'A stunningly original study of Stalinist society... Essential reading for anyone interested in how human beings navigate a path through times of extraordinary upheaval, privation and danger' - Daniel BeerIn the shadow of the Gulag, Soviet citizens were still cracking jokes. They had to.Drawing on diaries, interviews, memoirs and hundreds of previously secret documents, It's Only a Joke, Comrade! ... Read more

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'A stunningly original study of Stalinist society... Essential reading for anyone interested in how human beings navigate a path through times of extraordinary upheaval, privation and danger' - Daniel BeerIn the shadow of the Gulag, Soviet citizens were still cracking jokes. They had to.Drawing on diaries, interviews, memoirs and hundreds of previously secret documents, It's Only a Joke, Comrade!
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